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FOR MCLAREN AUSS FROM GOVERNOR
PEKING TELNO 1061: WHSANT TO HONG KONG
# WOULD, OF COURSE, WELCOME A VISIT FROM THE AMBASSADOR AT
ANY TIME.
2. AS YOU KNOW, THE PROGRAMME FOR YOUR VISIT ONLY INCLUDES ONE SESSION WITH THE CS AND MYSELF AT 5.00 PM ON 16 JUNE, AT WHICH WE HAVE A FAIRLY LONG AGENDA TO GET THROUGH. b AM TIED UP ALL MORNING IN EXCO AND HAVE TWO MEETINGS EARLIER IN THE AFTERNOON, AT LEAST ONE OF WHICH (WITH LORD MCGREGOR OF DURRKS) | CANNOT CHANGE. BUT RICHARD EVANS WOULD BE VERY WELCOME TO JOIN THE EVENING MEETING FOR ANYTHING TOUCHING ON PEKING CONCERNS SUCH AS THE STAFFING OF THE JLG.
3. WE NEED TO CONSIDER WHETHER THERE WOULD BE ANY RMSK OF THE PRESS MHSCONSTRUING A ''SUMMĦT'' MEETING IF HT BECAME PUBLICLY KNOWN. IN FACT DO NOT THINK THAT IN TODAY'S CIRCUMSTANCES A GATHERING OF THMS SORT WOULD BE LIKELY TO CAUSE ALARM AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY SPECULATION SATISFACTORILY. BUT WOULD NOT PROPOSE TO PUT OUT ANY ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT EITHER VISIT.
4. IF THE AMBASSADOR DOES COME, FLIGHT ON THE MORNING OF 16 JUNE.
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SUGGEST HE TAKES THE CAAC THAT WOULD ALLOW HIM TO JOIN OUR DISCUSSION AT 5 PM, AND POSSIBLY TO TAKE PART IN RELEVANT PARTS OF YOUR MEETINGS WITH PA AND S(GD) EARLIER WN THE AFTERNOON. THERE WOULD BE TIME FOR YOU BOTH TO TALK ABOUT NON-HONG KONG MATTERS DURING THE MORNING OF 17 JUNE BEFORE YOU LEAVE FOR SINGAPORE LATER THAT DAY.
STAY WITH US. YOU WOULD BE MIGHT OF 17 JUNE (OR LONGER) F
5. FOR PEKING. H HOPE YOU WILL VERY WELCOME TO STAY OVER FOR THE YOU WASH. UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE TO BE OUT FOR DINNER ON 16 JUNE BUT (LEGCO PERMITTING) WILL BE HN ON 17 JUNE.
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